Example sentences of "[adv] she have been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't until later , when Robyn heard Anne 's key in the lock , that she realised just how long she had been staring into space , miserably going over and over the disastrous weekend , in a futile attempt to try and put it all back into some sort of perspective . |
| 2 | Perhaps she had been dropped onto his path on purpose . |
| 3 | She left the surgery clutching Lizzie 's collar ; in the space of a few minutes it was all she had been left with , apart from memories . |
| 4 | As soon as Honor was old enough she had been dragooned into helping with the housework , preparing meals if cook were ill , as well as acting as her mother 's companion . |
| 5 | So she had been asking after him . |
| 6 | so she 's been dealing with her Manchester solicitors and a London solicitor |
| 7 | Luce froze , realising how easily she 'd been lulled into a false sense of security . |
| 8 | It has been a difficult day for the Queen and tonight she 's been snubbed following the decision by the municipality of Limassol not to present her with the keys to the town . |
| 9 | Lately she has been working as a $10-an-hour dresser at local fashion shows and answering phones at an aerobics studio . |
| 10 | For the first time she recognized that secretly she had been looking for some way out for herself and Midnight . |
| 11 | Eventually she had been sent to a psychiatrist to see if he could help discover the reason for what appeared to be a purely psychosomatic condition . |
| 12 | Mysteriously she had been transported into the bubble — and not only into the bubble , but also into the spacecraft . |
| 13 | Mrs Jones , who presented poppies to Falklands veterans during the ceremony , said later she had been angered by Civvies . |
| 14 | For some minutes now she had been disturbed by the way Beth was pacing to and fro in front of the great fireplace , a deeply thoughtful expression on her face , and her whole manner one of extreme agitation . |
| 15 | Maybe she had been locked in her self-imposed prison for so long that now she was unable to control herself at all . |
| 16 | She was pleased at the distinction , and amused , as she told me , that twice she had been decorated by a Labour government ; she almost felt she ought to vote for them ! |
| 17 | Emma had a spell at a small , local Welsh school then she had been sent to one of London 's most exclusive girls ' preparatory schools , off Sloane Square . |
| 18 | Until then she had been tortured by fears that she might not recognise her son if she should see him . |
| 19 | But at least she has been prepared for her party to stand in elections here . |
| 20 | There she 's been provided with Braille equipment and a talking computer . |
| 21 | When she had left Madam Lundy 's presence earlier she had been shivering with reaction , but that had now passed , leaving her calm , her options clear . |
| 22 | Her voice was shaking as she told me that on returning from the cinema a couple of weeks earlier she had been grabbed from behind , dragged into an alley and viciously raped at knifepoint . |
| 23 | One year earlier she had been seen in our hospital for joint pain and skin lesions on the lower legs which resembled erythema nodosum . |
| 24 | Twenty-four hours earlier she had been admitted to the Royal London Hospital , Whitechapel after a fall at her home in Stepney . |
| 25 | Thirty minutes earlier she had been going up the stairs to read the newspaper on the toilet . |
| 26 | It was gone in a moment , but briefly she 'd been filled with a sudden , oddly urgent desire to know more about him . |
| 27 | Recently she 's been concentrating on developing her own career , with a new album doing the rounds , and a very heavy touring schedule in the offing . |